carmad

Have finally got my hands on a replacement starter relay. Car now starts on the button first time. Thanks to all those who helped.

Located a wiring diagram for the 300ZX and linked out the switch contacts on the starter relay. Car started first time. Have tried sourcing a new relay on EBay with no luck. Does anybody know where I can get one. Thanks.

Got my brother to refit the starter motor. He finally managed to get the car started by shorting across the starter motor terminals. So somewhere between the ignition switch and the starter motor some electrical component is broken. He has located where the starter motor relay is. Can anybody tell me what combination of pins on the relay to jump to bypass it inorder to check if thats where the fault lies. Thanks.

Good Morning Jeff TT. It will be the weekend before I get down to work on car. Will let you know how I got on. Thanks.

Starter motor problem update. Unfortunely I have made slow progress on sorting out problem. The car failed to start when I was down visiting my brother so I have a 5 hour round trip each time I work on it which certainly does not help matters. I have removed the starter motor + solenoid and have had them tested by an auto electrician. They tested perfect. So to recap. 1. Battery used to start car has being fully charged and tested in another car and works fine. 2. Fuel pump can be heard pumping when iginition is turned on. On reading other posts mention was made of a starter relay located behind the front wheel arch passenger side. However this was for the manual 300ZX . This anybody know where on the automatic ZX this relay is located. Any other suggestions really appreciated as at this stage desperation is setting in !!

Once again many thanks for all your help. The car has an alarm which I have disabled. Battery is fully charged. Have squirted some WD40 down the ignition switch. Appreciate offer of starter from YTS Weazel. Will check out starter inhibitor.

Apologies Car.Mad Would it be possible the starter relay is busted?

Hi Tudor Thanks for replying. Have checked connections to starter motor. Dash/headlights do not dim when trying to turn over engine.

Good Afternoon Folks I have a 1995 300ZX Fairlady TT Automatic with 60K on the clock. Over the last number of months the car has developed the following problem. On occassions when I switch the ignition on the engine makes no attempt to turn over. Generally if you switch the ignition off and try again in a few minutes the car will start. However yesterday it would not start at all. I removed the battery and replaced it with another one from my brothers car. Still no joy. All the electrics are working but no attempt is being made to turn the engine over (no sound for starter motor). Any help greatly appreciated. :confused1: